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Thank you so much, Maarten. I think that Granger took a calculated risk, and realized that there wasn't much this merchant captain could do to cause him harm. And I think he is already accustomed to Lady Elgin's animosity, and is not overly worried about it. Her reputation is well-known, which means her credibility is lacking, and despite her links to the Guild, she is no match for Granger in the glittering world of the Court.
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Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked it!
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Vomited off the ship. That's hilarious. I'm still laughing.
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After 9-11, I remember how proud I was to be an American. We took a hit on 9-11, but damn near the whole world rallied behind us. Then we took all of our diplomatic credit, all of our military supremacy, and tossed it into the fire that was Iraq. Sad.
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JJ is such an endearing snob.
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Well, my interpretation is probably lacking balance, but I'll do my best.
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I've only been on the fringes of what you dealt with. Jeremy has been whining at me, advocating that I have to have a pro-war character to provide balance, so this isn't just some liberal swan song. With many things, I can do that, but I'm not sure I can write that one. It's going to be tough. This one is probably an era where I have to just look at you all and acknowledge my bias. It's a shame I can't go back into the Soap Box archives for those years. There was some spirited debate on the war, most of which faded when the true idiocy of it became apparent.
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I don't think that's the arc of the story, but I think that's one of them. And what's important to note is how various relationships morph and change. It was a few years before this that Will and Stef were really tight, and while they are still close, Will seems to have migrated away from Stef and toward JP, while JJ has migrated toward Stef.
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Maarten, You're as predictable as Will. :-) He did the right thing, and I think it's important to note that while Escorial belongs to JP, it is the family home, and that gives them all the right to speak out, if not by law, then by custom and tradition.
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Do I tweak future chapters? Almost never. The only time I've done that is if I've gotten an expert opinion on something I'd gotten wrong...I'm thinking of Will's emancipation process, and how Private Tim set me straight on the legal issues. And in a lot of cases, these chapters are roughed out far in advance, depending on how motivated I am. This summer, I had finished Flux and was halfway into "Streak" when Flux was in it's first ten chapters. Now, I don't have that many chapters in hand.
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Thank you so much for the nice review! You touched on a lot of topics, but I'll focus on Matt and Wade. In my mind, they're that couple with a lot of history, and a lot of love, but they've moved into this new dynamic (monogamy) and they're both trying to wrap their minds around it. And just like Wade went a little overboard with his reaction to Matt going out for drinks with the hockey players, so Matt was a little bit overreactive with the Alex-Wade kiss.
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Yep. Me too. Good karma.
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November, 1799 Port Mahon, Minorca Granger strolled down the street, heading away from the dock, and into Port Mahon. He pondered how people in London wouldn’t walk next door, yet here, in this little city on the somewhat obscure island of Minorca, it was an acceptable form of transportation. That probably had more to do with the relative conditions of the roads, which in turn was probably a result of the more arid climate here. Minorca wasn’t pelted with rain like London w
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No. He has issues.
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You'll hopefully be relieved to know that Chapter 24 is in final edit. It should be posted by the end of the week.
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I agree with you: I think that the Iraq War was one of the more shameful episodes in our history, not because it was worse than some of our other incursions, but because we should have known better. This is one aspect of the story where I'm going to have to work hard to even trot out the opposing opinion. And BTW, the tax cuts were already made permanent in 2013, as part of the budget reconciliation and a prelude to the government shutdown.
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Thanks for the review Gary. You mentioned in your first paragraph the really key reason JP is upset. This is a big deal to him, because of his history (don't we all carry baggage with us?), and to have Stef and Brad rather blithely disregard something this important to him is probably more searing than what they're actually doing.
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Thanks! Elizabeth Danfield is too interesting a figure to leave on the sidelines for long.
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Remember that JJ wants Alex. He's totally into him, and he's latched onto him like a thirsty man lunges for a glass of water. JJ really doesn't want to know the details of Alex's tryst, and he really doesn't want to hear the excuses about why Alex didn't call him. He wants Alex to pay attention to him. He wants to be the center of Alex's world.
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LOL. No wonder Stef was so upset. I think that Will and JP complement each other nicely. There's a lot of respect on both ends of that relationship.
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Mark Arbour replied to methodwriter85's topic in Mark Arbour Fan Club's Mark's Topics
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It makes sense that Zach would sympathize with JJ, since they're both in similar worlds.
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That is a good question...and it dovetails into the saying that money won't make you happy.
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October 26, 2002 Goodwell Charlottesville, VA Wade Alex and I walked the horses along, with Goodwell off in the distance, and as we neared it, it seemed that Alex’s dilemma loomed larger on him. “So what are you going to do?” I asked him, more as a prompt than with any intention to pry. “I think that in order to make it up to JJ, I must fly to Spokane, even though I really have no idea where that is.” I laughed at that. “It’s
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I think that JJ and Alex are doomed because of who they are, and they know it. Neither one can be openly gay, and I'm not sure if Alex can get away with being openly bisexual.
